good info, haven't thought of that, I have a few dies with the vent, so I will be sure to clean them out every now an then..
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good info, haven't thought of that, I have a few dies with the vent, so I will be sure to clean them out every now an then..
I have only used Hornady bullets, until I couldn't find any in the cal/wt that I load, so I bought my own swaging set up and create 150gr rebated boattail bullets with a 8S ogive.... I need to get...
I would say, it depends upon your loads. If you load hot or max loads, they won't last as many cycles. If you neck size only, this will increase the life. I load for best accuracy, not max velocity...
I have two garands..I use 150 grain bullets, and don't worry to much about damaging either one.. the reason, is I purchased an adjustable gas plug..(gas plug)
This way, I adjust the plug so that...
I have done it on occasion, but I prefer to wipe the lube off mine. I have also used NeverDull on them too, but that is a manual process...
I look at the danger of doing this about the same as...
Full length resizing would be appropriate, and then after first use, neck sizing. You may also consider a small base resizing.
Do consider that the brass has been weakened at that point, so it may...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |